Cigarette roller



Aug. 30, 1938. E. HEY 2,128,248

CIGARETTE ROLLER Filed Oct. 20, 1936 law, "Huh 'mh. nwm

ATTORNEYS 6L Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to cigarette making devices, and has for the primary object the provision of an efiicient and inexpensive portable or pocket size device especially adapted for rolling tobacco and cigarette paper into cigarette form with the tobacco packed as tightly as desired and completely filling the cigarette from end to end and which may be easily actuated to form the cigarette and to remove the latter therefrom.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating a cigarette making device constructed in accordance with my invention and, as shown, consisting of inner and outer members.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a plan view illustrating the inner member.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the portion of the inner member constructed to receive a cigarette paper and tobacco.

Figure 6 is a side elevation illustrating the outer member.

Figure 7 is a plan view illustrating a blank from which the inner member is constructed.

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view showing cigarette paper and tobacco positioned within the device.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8, showing the edges of the cigarette paper brought together.

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figures 8 and 9 showing the cigarette paper and tobacco formed into a cigarette by rotating the inner member relative to the outer member.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I indicates an outer tubular member open at each end and provided with a cutaway portion of a length substantially equal to the length of a cigarette so that said outer member is composed of end tubular portions 2 and an intermediate semicylindrical portion 3. A pocket clip 4 is attached to one of the tubular portions 2 whereby the device may be clamped within a persons pocket.

The inner member is indicated by the character 5 and consists of a tubular portion 6 having a knurled finger piece 1 formed on one end and the opposite end of the tubular portion has formed thereon spaced strips 8 and pointed flaps 9. One of the strips 8 terminates into a substantially disc-shaped part In. The disc-shaped part In extends at right angles to its respective 5 strip and the other strips are bent into engagement therewith. The disc-like portion l0 forms a stop or end wall at one end of the inner member 5. The flaps 9 are bent at right angles to the strips 8 and cooperate in forming a stop located 10 at one end of cylindrical portion 6 of the inner member 5. The strips 8 are arranged relative to each other to present a skeleton shaped frame of semicylindrical shape and are adapted to operate within the cutout portion of the outer 15 member and may lie within the semicylindrical portion 3 of the outer member, as shown in Figures 8 and 9, and when so located are adapted to receive the cigarette paper and tobacco, as shown in Figure 8. One edge of the paper is then mois- 0 tened and brought into overlapping relation with the other edge of the paper, as shown in Figure 9. The inner member is rotated within the outer member causing the tobacco to become tightly packed and the cigarette paper to assume a cylindrical formation thereby producing a tightly packed cigarette wherein the tobacco extends within the ends thereof. After forming of the cigarette the inner member 5 is withdrawn from the outer member so that the cigarette can be 30 removed by a slight tapping of the inner member on the palm of the hand. i

The inner member being partly constructed from the strips 8 will permit an adjustment to be made so that cigarettes of difierent diameters may be rolled by the device. By bending the strips 8 the space defined by said strips may be increased and decreased as desired and which will permit the diameters of cigarettes rolled by the device to be increased and decreased.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A cigarette making device comprising an outer tubular member having a cutaway portion providing to said outer member a semicylindrical portion and cylindrical end portions, an inner 5 cylindrical member rotatably and slidably mounted in one of the cylindrical end portions and removable therefrom, spaced bendable strips formed on the inner cylindrical member and operating in the semicylindrical portion of the out- 50 er member and one of said strips having an enlarged end bent at right angles thereto, the ends of the other strips bent at right angles to engage with the enlarged end, and tongues formed on the inner cylindrical member between the 55 strips and bent angularly thereto, said tongues and bent ends of the strips forming end stops.

ERNEST HEY. 

